Fight for socialism against the dawn of the living dead jobs
Fight for socialism against the dawn of the living dead jobs Hannah Ponting, Liverpool Socialist Students It’s no secret that an unemployment crisis has been looming over Britain for years. The employment rate has been falling for the past two years, exposing the fragility of the capitalist system. Young people entering the job market are…
Capitalism means war – Fight for socialist change
Gone forever is the world where capitalist regimes – chief among them the US regime – could confidently pretend to defend ‘justice and democracy’ internationally. The brutal state execution of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis. Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro. Threats of escalating trade wars in pursuit of acquiring Greenland. Trump’s to-the-point honesty in…
Herts uni sit-in wins for Gazan student
Charlie Cunningham, Herts Socialist Students Two Herts Socialist Students members organised a sit-in in December to advocate for a Palestinian student, who had been denied an offer by the higher-ups at the University of Hertfordshire, for discriminatory reasons. The student had been granted a series of phone-call interviews to assess their English language abilities, rather…
Students get organised! Come to Socialist Students conference
James Gretton, Southampton Socialist Students Student life leaves a lot to be desired right now. Before we even make it to university, tuition fees get hiked year by year. When we’re on campus studying, it’s under precarious conditions with cuts to resources and staff. When we get home from campus, our housing is untenable, leaving…
Socialists get Cardiff student union to oppose cuts
James Scott, Cardiff Socialist Students In December, I helped to get a motion passed into Cardiff University Students Union policy, mandating it to lobby the university to ‘open the books’ to its finances, stop academic cuts by using its hundreds of millions of pounds of reserves, and campaign against cuts. Cardiff University announced 400 job…
Herts workers and students unite against racism
Morgan Tritton, Hertfordshire Socialist Students Hertfordshire Socialist Students joined a collective of local organisations opposing racism, marching through the town, under the banner of ‘Herts Not Hate’. We were responding to rising anti-refugee and anti-migrant action in Hertfordshire, where several temporary accommodation hotels are located. As we build for the Socialist Students conference on 14…
Youth fight for socialist change
A US Federal agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, USA on 7 January. Videos widely circulated online show Renee using her car to block a road in the city, in solidarity with her neighbours, to obstruct immigration raids carried out by ICE. Already this autumn, tens of thousands of school students in North…
Building for Socialist Students conference 2026
James Taylor, Birmingham Socialist Students The Socialist Students annual conference is taking place in Manchester on 14 February. Members will be voting on the adoption of a new constitution, as well as debating the role we can play, fighting for socialist ideas in the student movement. The huge enthusiasm for Corbyn and Sultana’s Your Party…
Student cost of living crisis: fight for full funding not fees
Becca Bayman, Liverpool Socialist Students As a new semester begins, millions of students in higher education continue to face the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis. Maintenance loans fall short of covering basic living costs, leaving many students struggling to meet essential expenses. For most students, rent is the biggest cost. Student housing companies and private…
Support the UCU strikes to save further education!
This week from Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 January, members of the University and College Union (UCU) will be taking industrial action over funding, pay and conditions. College students face many issues due to the lack of funding. Our education suffers due to higher class sizes and overworked and underpaid staff. This is what striking…
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